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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1965
Page
4
Daily Bennington Banner from Bennington Vermont dated Monday August 9 1965 published at 425 Main Street by Banner Publishing Corporation notes its schedule and office address indicating a routine daily paper except Sundays and holidays with standard corporate imprint.
The article argues private power promoters face resistance from business leaders yet high New England electricity costs hinder growth. It praises the St John project as a supplement to private plants, expected to inject competition, cut rates, and boost consumption, citing Vermont’s rate drop after low cost power from the St Lawrence project and Sen. Aiken’s point.
Adlai Stevenson’s death precedes reflections on European anti Americanism among expatriates and natives. The piece links pervasive anti United States sentiment to habit, jealousy, and power loss, noting selective Western criticism favors the Soviet bloc, China, and Vietnam while American achievements are downplayed. It cites British TV bias and the Dominican Republic affair as examples, but affirms enduring Anglo American solidarity in final trials.
The Banner features animal day with pheasant pictures from Ty Resch and a Bennington Rod and Gun Club stocking project, Harold Bleau’s 30 inch pike catch, Raymond Armstrong noting a rare otter hit by a car in Pow nal, a group photo of the Bennington Fire Department, and Village President Sal Santarcangelo cutting ribbons at new local enterprises. The issue highlights local economy and community activity as reflected in these images.
A scientist acquaintance describes a rat population experiment in a large room. As generations multiply the room fills and nesting sites become crowded. Fights emerge, strong males form harems, others withdraw. Cannibalism and social abnormalities appear as space runs out. The study suggests humans, too, live in a finite world.
Washington notes by UPI recount Dean Acheson once lampooned by cartoonists during the Korean War era. Now retired from public life he writes a wry poem to a newspaper editor about Viet Nam and laments the Johnson administration while quipping it’s fun to be extinct.
Burlington columnist Kirtland King argues the Viet Nam war enhances presidential power and questions Gov. Hoff's swift alignment with the administration. He notes Capitol Hill silence, cites E E Kenworthy's NYT pieces, and warns of risking civilization for political gains. King’s column, New York State Politics, resumes Aug 23.
Aspen honors Martha Graham with the second annual $30,000 Aspen Award in the Humanities at a mid-summer convocation. The piece praises Graham and lauds Aspen Institute figures while critiquing government funding of the arts and endorsing a voluntary approach to cultural support.
Springfield Union presents a concise joke noting that an expert turns familiar ideas into perplexing language, illustrating how expertise can obscure simple truths in a playful way.
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